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#46683 - 03/09/12 07:28 AM The world is yours art,what could of been....
MotorSmell Offline
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Just found this interesting article on a pitch for the world is ours album art......
http://prosimian.net/blog/?p=1980

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#46697 - 03/10/12 03:09 AM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: MotorSmell]
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Probably turned it down because they didn't want any legal trouble from Joe Petagno over Snaggletooth rights. Motorhead's using a version that they obviously have rights to, and any new versions from other artists wouldn't be fair to Joe as he owns the looks and name rights.
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#46699 - 03/10/12 08:31 AM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: Snaggletöoth]
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Originally Posted By: Snaggletöoth
Probably turned it down because they didn't want any legal trouble from Joe Petagno over Snaggletooth rights. Motorhead's using a version that they obviously have rights to, and any new versions from other artists wouldn't be fair to Joe as he owns the looks and name rights.


I read it as lemmy gave the artist the idea of what to do,March or die wasnt petango but there was no problem there.....i think it was just a personal choice from Motorhead.....

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#46701 - 03/10/12 12:27 PM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: MotorSmell]
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Thanks for sharing MotorSmell, really cool !
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#46705 - 03/10/12 03:50 PM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: bigcrazewolf]
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Interesting stuff. I never particularly liked the finished art, but if I'm honest I like these ideas even less. For me the art should just be about Snaggletooth. By making him a shellfish or part of a statue, or to a certain extent putting him across the world, it's detracting from the whole point of the image and over complicating it. That approach may generally work well with Eddie for Iron Maiden, but it's not for me on a Motorhead album.
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#46730 - 03/12/12 03:25 PM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: lard-o-matic]
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Absolutely awful, no wonder Lemmy rejected the ideas, I agree with Lard, the war pig or snaggletooth should be it's own entity on the sleeve artwork although I didn't mind TWIY sleeve, simple but effective, I don't think the album artwork will ever reach the height's it did when JP was at the helm!
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#46738 - 03/13/12 06:15 AM Re: The world is yours art,what could of been.... [Re: claw]
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I would add though that the exception to my "Snaggletooth musn't be part of anything bigger" rule is Orgasmatron. Making him a speeding steam train is cool to be fair. Totally agree with Claw, just as Eddie has never been the same without Derek Riggs, Motorhead covers really need Joe.
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